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A Taste of Industry before Uni
Susan Ojo tells Adam Duckett about how her industrial placement is benefiting her studies
Type: Feature
Continuous Improvement for the Process Industry
Ian Madden explains how to tell if continuous improvement is happening in your organisation
Type: Feature
Who Will Win Your Vote in the Trustee Elections?
With voting set to close at 09:30 BST on 16 May, you are running out of time to help decide IChemE’s contested trustee elections. We asked the seven candidates to introduce themselves and their ambitions for IChemE.
Type: Feature
One reported dead after Petronas pipeline explosion
LOCAL news reports that one person is dead, and as many as three are injured, following an explosion yesterday at Petronas’ Sabah–Sarawak Gas Pipeline (SSPG) near Lawas, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Type: News
Hundreds of schoolchildren visit IChemE to be inspired by chemical engineers
ICHEME has hosted more than 300 schoolchildren at its UK headquarters where they met with real-life engineers and took on engineering challenges, to inspire them about the prospects of a career in chemical engineering.
Type: News
The Benefits of Neurodiversity Talent in Engineering
To mark World Autism Acceptance Month, James Cusack highlights the many benefits of neurodivergent employees, explaining why an inclusive workplace culture may be the key to unlocking their untapped potential
Type: Feature
Enginuity calls for UK engineering and manufacturing stakeholders to help close skills gaps
UK ENGINEERING and manufacturing skills charity Enginuity says employers, training providers, and policymakers can help the sector thrive by pledging support to its Manifesto for Change. Calling for upskilling and reskilling, improved recruitment, and funding support, it outlines actions to close skills gaps and empower a workforce that can meet the opportunities and challenges of the evolving sector.
Type: News
Gassnova’s Trude Sundset on the importance of CCS
Trude Sundset, CEO of Gassnova and a chemical engineer by training, tells Helen Tunnicliffe why chemical engineers should get excited about carbon capture and storage (CCS)
Type: Feature
Eni reaches 19 MoUs for HyNet participation
ENI UK has achieved 19 memorandums of understanding (MoUs), with as many companies interested in having their emissions captured, transported, and stored in the energy company’s depleted reservoirs as part of the HyNet North West project.
Type: News
Study predicts substantial job losses in oil and gas following price collapse
A STUDY examining prospects for activity in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) has projected a sharp decrease in medium- and long-term production from 2019–2050. The findings are consistent with substantial job losses and many undeveloped discoveries, said co-author Alex Kemp, Professor of Petroleum Economics at the University of Aberdeen.
Type: News
BP reveals strategy to reach net zero
FOLLOWING its announcement in February to become a net zero company by 2050 or sooner, BP has revealed its net zero strategy. The plan includes many shorter-term objectives, including cutting oil and gas production by 40% by 2030.
Type: News
Tata Steel secures £500m in government “green” aid but job losses still feared
TATA STEEL has secured £500m (US$619m) in backing from the UK government to decarbonise its Welsh site in a deal that could still see as many as 3,000 workers lose their jobs.
Type: News
UK government unveils £650m fusion programme as JET moves towards decommissioning
THE UK government has announced the £650m (US$789.9m) Fusion Futures Programme, part of its strategy to cement the nation as a technology leader. Measures under the programme include developing a new fuel cycle testing facility focused on commercialisation, creating more than 2,200 training positions, and funding to develop infrastructure for private fusion companies.
Type: News
Seaweed heat storage material set for steelmaking trial
ENGINEERS at Swansea University, UK have developed a heat storage material made from seaweed that they will now test at Tata Steel to see how well it can capture waste heat from industrial operations.
Type: News
Russia shells Ukrainian nuclear plant; no radiation released
RUSSIAN forces have shelled the site of Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant. A fire broke out at a training building on site but was extinguished, and no radioactive material has been released. Russian forces have since taken control of the facility.
Type: News
David Bogle wins prestigious EFCE Jacques Villermaux Medal
DAVID BOGLE, IChemE’s past president, has been awarded the Jacques Villermaux Medal in recognition of his outstanding achievements as scientific vice-president of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) from 2018 to 2021, and his commitment to chemical engineering education and training.
Type: News
Rob Best explains how volunteers are developing a better filter for membership applications
Type: Feature
COMAaaaargH! COMAH Reports Gone Wrong
How to avoid some common pitfalls in the production and use of a COMAH report; from Robert McGregor, Sarah Bickerstaffe, Stephen Beedle, and Conrad Ellison
Type: Feature
